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Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel hasn’t been able to help – and who’s to blame him? Even Bombardier doesn’t seem to know how it is going to restructure.

But at least after he met with Laurent Troger, the chief executive of the train producer, the minister realized one thing: The Canadian corporation has a long hard road ahead. In Germany alone, 2,500 jobs are on the line; the future of entire production sites is at stake.

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